In 2008, Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs unveiled the country's national energy strategy, and for the first time in that document, it talked about Turkey is becoming the center and hub of energy transit from Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, the Balkans, and Russia to Europe. Turkey's foreign policy has since tried more and more towards the realization of this goal and made a lot of efforts in the form of long-term economic and political plans to transform Ceyhan Port into an energy terminal in the region. In this regard, Turkey has always been one of the parties present in discussions related to energy transmission lines to Europe.
